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The National Science Foundation, on behalf of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), is requesting input on opportunities and constraints to building and sustaining partnerships in ocean science and technology. Public input will inform OSTP as it works with the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), federal agencies, and other stakeholders to identify opportunities to build and sustain partnerships in ocean science and technology. Comments should be submitted via email to oceansummit@ostp.eop.gov on or before March 19, 2020. For more information, go to: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-02-18/html/2020-03071.htm. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced the establishment of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Human Fetal Tissue Research Ethics Advisory Board for fiscal year 2020 and is seeking nominations of individuals to serve on it. The Ethics Board will advise the HHS secretary on the ethics of research involving human fetal tissue proposed in NIH grant and cooperative agreement applications and R&D contract proposals. Their recommendations will address whether the Secretary should withhold funds or not withhold funds from a proposed project because of ethical considerations. Nominations are currently being accepted until 5:00 PM EST on March 20, 2020. Submission instructions can be found at: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-02-20/html/2020-03302.htm.      
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